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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 19:49:01 GMT -5
Post by janie on Jan 24, 2009 19:49:01 GMT -5
Jank at the net! Is this a new dawn?
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 19:49:15 GMT -5
Post by janie on Jan 24, 2009 19:49:15 GMT -5
Ha! Guess not.
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 19:52:25 GMT -5
Post by janie on Jan 24, 2009 19:52:25 GMT -5
Nav's pronunciation of Safavora is unrecognizable. I'm slowly getting used to it, though -- something like ShaFAvera (fa as in Fat).
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 19:53:40 GMT -5
Post by lexpretend on Jan 24, 2009 19:53:40 GMT -5
Cake has only lost two points behind her first serve so far
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 20:01:13 GMT -5
Post by lexpretend on Jan 24, 2009 20:01:13 GMT -5
OMG - amazing point from Cake to bring up BP, and then on BP she virtually stood on the service line to receive JJ's second serve. Cue JJ DF.
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 20:00:44 GMT -5
Post by Maeby FĂĽnke on Jan 24, 2009 20:00:44 GMT -5
Marion moves really well considering shes not the most athletic looking thing. And her return position in the last point.
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 20:03:13 GMT -5
Post by Edna Krabappel on Jan 24, 2009 20:03:13 GMT -5
Jelena is now like those guys who spend hours and hours in the gym so that they could admire their physique in mirror but are yet incapable of doing any real physical work or effort. She's hitting like Camille Pin and moving like Davenport. WTF is going on.
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 20:03:47 GMT -5
Post by janie on Jan 24, 2009 20:03:47 GMT -5
Finally! JJ moving her butt around the court!
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 20:09:47 GMT -5
Post by lexpretend on Jan 24, 2009 20:09:47 GMT -5
Elsewhere, Anime Eyes takes the first set 7-5 despite only 32% first serves...
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Ceca
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 20:11:26 GMT -5
Post by Ceca on Jan 24, 2009 20:11:26 GMT -5
Dzej Dzej challenged a ball that was in by 3mm and another that was in by 1mm
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 20:22:58 GMT -5
Post by janie on Jan 24, 2009 20:22:58 GMT -5
That's better, JJ! Paint those lines!
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 20:33:47 GMT -5
Post by lexpretend on Jan 24, 2009 20:33:47 GMT -5
Cake keeps blowing BPs with errors...she's pressing for too much. JJ has stepped up a gear, but should still be there for the taking. And JJ's second serve is even more pathetic than usual.
Haha whoa though, that Cake pass was brilliant.
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 20:34:31 GMT -5
Post by lexpretend on Jan 24, 2009 20:34:31 GMT -5
Cake will serve for it!
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 20:39:33 GMT -5
Post by lexpretend on Jan 24, 2009 20:39:33 GMT -5
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 20:39:42 GMT -5
Post by janie on Jan 24, 2009 20:39:42 GMT -5
Well congrats to Cake! Well-deserved. And Pierce Brosnan nowhere in sight!
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 20:41:21 GMT -5
Post by Edna Krabappel on Jan 24, 2009 20:41:21 GMT -5
Jesus. Did Bartoli play like this in the Wimbledon semi? I've never seen her play this well - consistently well. Sure she was helped by Jankovic's general ineptitude, but still. Jelena's supposed hard work has definitely not paid off, at least not here. There have been absolutely no improvements in her game, in fact, it looks to have deteriorated.
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 20:43:28 GMT -5
Post by lexpretend on Jan 24, 2009 20:43:28 GMT -5
Cake expresses disappointment in the interview that she didn't get the first set bagel!
Yeah, she was pretty much zoning like this at Wimbledon too. When she's playing like that, games can go by awfully quickly...
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 21:08:12 GMT -5
Post by Traveling Man on Jan 24, 2009 21:08:12 GMT -5
I think I'll wake up to watch the Jankovic match. If I sleep, I know she'll lose and we can't have that - does that even make sense? Haha. Don't knock the Dok! Jelena all the way. [/random fanboy] Kleybanova needs to go now; she's done what she was required to and now there's no need for her to stick around. Petrova should have already gone, since she hasn't been forgiven for letting AO 2007 happen. Berdych and Baghdatis for the wins, please. Damn! I woke up and put on the tv, and Safina-Cornet was on in its first game. JJ would've lost eventually considering her poor play and movement, so not a big deal. And I'd rather her lose to Cake, who is awesome when in the zone. Now hopefully, Cornet takes out Safina in straights.
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 21:18:21 GMT -5
Post by janie on Jan 24, 2009 21:18:21 GMT -5
Not likely, Ali! What's remarkable about this match to me is that both players are silent, and neither one is fat! What a sad commentary on women's tennis in 2009 that this combo is such a rare one.
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 21:21:10 GMT -5
Post by janie on Jan 24, 2009 21:21:10 GMT -5
Safina is so dominant against a player like this. It's like she spent the winter practicing against Cornet-clones.
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 21:35:11 GMT -5
Post by lexpretend on Jan 24, 2009 21:35:11 GMT -5
Eurosport cut to Safina at 5-0* up. She made such an unbelievable hash of those two last games.
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 22:00:28 GMT -5
Post by leelee on Jan 24, 2009 22:00:28 GMT -5
Safina is really fit now. Another player I'm attracted to. Ugh! I still question her mental side, though. And she better win this, because I assume Bepa will screw up like always, and then like Dokic makes the final...
Cilic-Del Porto hasn't been high quality, little disappointing there.
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 22:10:09 GMT -5
Post by janie on Jan 24, 2009 22:10:09 GMT -5
Ha, I can't see Dok in the final. It'd be fun, though. Cilic has such a gaunt face, like a Pioline type.
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 22:11:36 GMT -5
Post by janie on Jan 24, 2009 22:11:36 GMT -5
CORNET WON THE 2ND SET? Oh no! Dinara, what happened?? :lmao:
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 22:12:04 GMT -5
Post by lexpretend on Jan 24, 2009 22:12:04 GMT -5
Del Pony/Cilic wasn't very exciting. I could still watch their bodies all day, though.
Safina was horrendous in that second set. Cornet's endless scampering is driving her insane.
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 22:13:40 GMT -5
Post by lexpretend on Jan 24, 2009 22:13:40 GMT -5
Am just trying to imagine a top half QF line-up of Bartoli, Petrova, Cornet and Dokic. Yeesh.
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 22:28:43 GMT -5
Post by leelee on Jan 24, 2009 22:28:43 GMT -5
Concurred. Cilic does look like Pioline. I miss Cedric, he was a fun one with his flashy game and eternal grumpiness.
Safina would be a torturous player to be a fan of. I'm staying away from that. Gamewise, she should be #1 now, but she always has random patches of stupidity.
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 22:28:55 GMT -5
Post by DBBN on Jan 24, 2009 22:28:55 GMT -5
Am just trying to imagine a top half QF line-up of Bartoli, Petrova, Cornet and Dokic. Yeesh. You might not have to... So, Bartoli beat JJ. I...yeah, I just don't know about JJ. Will she really ever win a major? It...might not happen. But I do love me some CAKE! CAKE has stood 100 feet inside the baseline to return since juniors. She is just nutsy.
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 22:30:23 GMT -5
Post by leelee on Jan 24, 2009 22:30:23 GMT -5
CAKE does that vs. everyone. But, it works against JJ's pathetic 2nd serve! It was great when she stood near the service line baiting JJ to hit a hard one down the middle that she'd miss.
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Day 7-
Jan 24, 2009 22:35:03 GMT -5
Post by Wagasi on Jan 24, 2009 22:35:03 GMT -5
Well at least we can hope that the Serena Petrova final will finally bury women's tennis once and for all
Oh good lord. Tradewind Conehead now serving for it
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